Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern parchment) + 52 + ii (modern
parchment); 1-3¹⁰, 4⁴, 5¹⁰, 6⁸; catchwords at the bottom of fol. 10v,
20v, 30v, 44v. Layout: Written in 26 long lines, below top line; ruled
in light brown ink. Decoration: Five historiated initials with gold
illumination and green, slate, blue, brown, red, and black paint mark
the beginnings of each text (fol. 1r, 20r, 29r, 30v, and 35r). The
scenes depict human figures in public and private intellectual
discourse. The third of these initials (fol. 29r) depicts a scribe or
author at work on a text at a writing desk with a book stand holding
another book (closed) at eye level. Each of these initials is
accompanied by an intricate and colorful border. The first border (fol.
1r) encloses the entire page, the others fill two to three of the
margins of the page. These borders depict scenes with bird, dragon,
angel, human, stag, and hare subjects, and depicts hunting and music
making activities. Blue initials with red flourishes throughout, though
a few initials remain without their flourishes though space was left for
them (fol. 2v). Blue paragraph marks with red flourishes. Possible
damage to border illustration at the bottom of fol. 1r, where the left
arm of the principle subject is obscured.

Binding

Rebound in modern
goatskin, 1992.

Script

Written in Semitextualis
script. There are numerous corrections in line and in margin in another
hand. There are several maniculae, some with elongated forefinger (fol.
5r, 10r).

Description

Texts contained in this codex are Cicero's De amicitia, Paradoxa,
De senectute, and the text known as "Sallust's invectives."